Our Fundamentals Program

The primary aim of Tacoma Strength’s fundamentals program is to teach you the key positions and movements you’ll need to know for fruitful participation in our general program. Every movement exists on a continuum or a hierarchy (there’s always a more advanced and a less advanced version). We want you to know where you are on the hierarchy for each of the movements that form the basis of our program so that you can train at a level that yields impeccable quality, while still challenging you to the degree that is the most productive.

Fundamental:adj

forming a necessary base or core; of central importance

In other words, you can’t escape the need for solid fundamentals. If you skip them, life will send you to the back of the line via injury or never ending performance plateau. Pride yourself in your mastery of the basics.

We put a tremendous amount of thought and care into how you get started at Tacoma Strength. We are constantly revising our programs, playing with the duration, the number of students, and the pace of the curriculum, so that we can produce the best possible outcome for you.

We’ve learned a few things over the years.

The highest levels of success seem to occur under the following conditions

The longer the fundamentals program, the better

There’s almost no such thing as too much work on the fundamentals, since being advanced really just means you are better at the fundamentals than most.

“Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.”Mikhail Baryshnikov

The fewer students per coach, the better

No surprises here.

The longer the coach relationship continues into group classes, the better

We want you to have a coach for life. Yes, each class has a coach, but imagine if the coach that taught your fundamentals class was your coach for as long you both shall live. Okay, maybe that’s taking it too far, but still, think about it. At some point, you’ll lose momentum, you’ll get sick, or you’ll get so busy you can’t possibly maintain the training schedule you think you need. That’s when most of us give up. What if there was someone who has your back and could help you to keep doing something productive when life got in the way and you started making excuses. Not just by saying “suck it up and get back in the gym”, but by adjusting your program for you. Maybe all you can really do is a quick 10 minute routine each day and focus on good nutrition while you get through your busy season at work. Your coach will be there to remind you that it’s not only okay, but it’s what you should do to keep moving forward.

So, how long is the fundamentals program?

It’s as long as you need it to be. Some people may breeze through the curriculum in the first 12 sessions or less. Some may take longer and that’s perfectly okay.

What’s the coach to student ratio?

We are now offering our redesigned fundamentals program in a private coaching format, exclusively. 1:1 or 1:2. That’s as good as it gets.

How much does it cost?

You’ll start with 12 sessions for $599 + tax. Two payments can be made for $324 + tax each.